• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.10
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• pp.6949-6958
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• 2015

Radio based train control system performs train safe interval control by receiving in realtime the position information of trains driving in the control area of the wayside system and providing onboard system in each train with updated movement authority. The performance of the train control system is evaluated to calculate the minimum operation headway, which reflects the operation characteristics and the characteristics of the train as well as the interval control performance of the train control system. In this paper, we propose the operation headway calculation for radio based train control system and a new train interval control algorithm to improve the operation headway. The proposed headway calculation defines line headway and station headway by the estimation the safety margin distance reflecting the performance of the train control system. Furthermore the proposed Enhanced Train Interval Control(ETIC) algorithm defines a new movement authority including both distance and speed, and improves the train operation headway by using braking distance occurring inevitably in the preceding train. The proposed operation headway calculation is simulated with Korean Radio-based Train Control System(KRTCS) and the simulated result is compared to improved train interval control algorithm. According to the simulated results, the proposed operation headway calculation can be used as performance indicator for radio based train control system, and the improved train control algorithm can improve the line and station headway of the conventional radio based train control system.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.419-425
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• 2015

When a train is delayed because of a disturbance, the time interval between successive trains increases and high-frequency metro lines can become unstable. Time interval control is therefore necessary in preventing such instabilities. In this paper, we propose an optimal interval control algorithm that is easy-to-implement and that guarantees system stability. In the proposed method, the controlled trains are determined from the time interval deviations between successive trains; the control algorithm for staying time is designed by use of a discrete traffic model to ensure an optimal time interval between successive trains. The results of a computer simulation are also given to demonstrate the validity of the proposed algorithm.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2007.07a
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• pp.1209-1210
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• 2007

현재 세계적인 열차제어의 추세는 궤도회로에 의한 고정폐색방식을 이용한 열차 운행이 아닌 발리스 또는 무선통신에 의한 이동권한을 이용한 열차제어방식을 적용하고 있으며, 국내에서도 이에 맞추어 철도청에서는 ATP 사업을 통하여 발리스에 의한 이동권한을 이용한 열차제어시스템을 적용하고 있다. 또한 분당선에서는 무선통신기반 열차제어시스템인 CBTC 시스템을 시범구축하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 이동권한을 이용한 열차간격제어에 대해 연구한 결과를 설명하고 있다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.9
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• pp.6274-6281
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• 2015

Radio-based train control system has driving headway shortening effect by real-time train interval control using two-way radio communication between onboard and wayside systems, and reduces facility investment because it does not require any track-circuit. Automatic train protection(ATP), the most significant part of the radio-based train control system, makes sure a safe distance between preceding and following trains, based on real-time train location tracing. In this paper, we propose the overall ATP train interval control algorithm to control the safe interval between trains, and preprocessing-based speed profile calculation algorithm to improve the processing speed of the ATP. The proposed speed profile calculation algorithm calculates the permanent speed limit for track and train in advance and uses as the most restrictive speed profile. If the temporary speed limit is generated for a particular track section, it reflects the temporary speed limit to pre-calculated speed profile and improves calculation performance by updating the speed profile for the corresponding track section. To evaluate the performance of the proposed speed profile calculation algorithm, we analyze the proposed algorithm with O-notation and we can find that it is possible to improve the time complexity than the existing one. To verify the proposed ATP train interval control algorithm, we build the train interval control simulator. The experimental results show the safe train interval control is carried out in a variety of operating conditions.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.11
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• pp.1-9
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• 2016

Train control systems have changed from wayside electricity-centric to onboard communications-centric. The latest train control system, the CBTC system, has high efficiency for interval control based on two-way radio communications between the onboard and wayside systems. However, since the wayside system is the center of control, the number of input trains to allow a wayside system is limited, and due to the cyclic-path control flows between onboard and wayside systems, headway improvement is limited. In this paper, we propose a train interval-control and train-centric distributed interlocking algorithm for an autonomous train-driving control system. Because an autonomous train-driving control system performs interval and branch control onboard, both tracks and switches are shared resources as well as semaphore elements. The proposed autonomous train-driving control performs train interval control via direct communication between trains or between trains and track-side apparatus, instead of relying on control commands from ground control systems. The proposed interlocking algorithm newly defines the semaphore scheme using a unique key for the shared resource, and a switch that is not accessed at the same time by the interlocking system within each train. The simulated results show the proposed autonomous train-driving control system improves interval control performance, and safe train control is possible with a simplified interlocking algorithm by comparing the proposed train-centric distributed interlocking algorithm and various types of interlock logic performed in existing interlocking systems.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.590-595
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• 2022

When a train is delayed because of a disturbance, the time interval deviation between successive trains increases, and high frequency metro lines can become unstable. Thus, it is necessary to control the traffic regularity to prevent any such instability. In this paper, we propose a simple but effective traffic regulation algorithm that gurantees system stability. In the proposed method, the control algorithm for running time is designed using a discrete traffic model where control input is determined from a linear combination of departure time deviations and control input of the preceding train to ensure an optimal time interval between successive trains. The results of the computer simulation are also given to demonstrate the validity of the proposed algorithm.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.04b
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• pp.287-289
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• 2006

Smart열차진로제어시스템은 기존 전자연동장치에서 사용하고 있는 궤도회로방식의 열차점유정보대신에 열차의 실시간 위치정보를 사용하여 열차의 진로를 제어한다. 이에 smart열차진로제어시스템에 적용되는 새로운 연동논리를 검증하기 위해서 소형전동기의 속도제어를 통하여 생성되는 회전신호를 사용하여 열차의 이동 및 속도를 계산하고, 선로설정, 열차간격 제어, 진로제어, 열차모의장치 및 연동처리를 할 수 있는 모의장치를 구축하였다. 여기에서는 Smart열차진로제어시스템의 진로제어 알고리즘 설계, 장치설계 등의 제반 내용을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2004.11c
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• pp.468-470
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• 2004

현재 세계적인 열차제어의 추세는 궤도회로에 의한 고정폐색방식을 이용한 열차 운행이 아닌 발리스 또는 무선통신에 의한 이동권한을 이용한 열차제어방식을 적용하고 있으며, 국내에서도 이에 맞추어 철도청에서는 ATP 사업을 통하여 발리스에 의한 이동권한을 이용한 열차제어시스템을 적용하고 있다. 또한 분당선에서는 통신기반 열차제어시스템인 CBTC 시스템을 시범구축하고 있다. 이러한 추세에 맞추어 통신기반 열차 제어 시스템을 적용하기 위한 열차제어 알고리즘이 요구되며, 본 논문에서는 이러한 이동권한에 의한 열차제어 알고리즘을 개발하고 이를 시뮬레이션 하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.29-36
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• 2012

This paper includes ATP(Automatic Train Protection) simulator development and ATP algorithm verification to allocate wayside and train-borne and verify ATP functions of communications based train control system. The train control system has some characteristics such as simple structure and high safety when wireless communication technology is applied to the train control system. Especially, vital functions can be performed with in wayside and train-borne ATP. However, different system can be realized because I/F contents vary in accordance with vital functional allocation of ATP. Drawing characteristics in accordance with wayside and train-borne functional allocation and drawing I/F details affected by such characteristics are needed accordingly. This paper includes ATP simulator development creating train location information by direct activation of an electric motor, verifies train safety distance control algorithm of ATP by functional allocation such as train movement authority and train speed limit to ATP, and draws any supplementation needed. Appropriate simulated environment for verify ATP algorithm and main factors that affect to the ATP function were confirmed.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.41-50
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• 2012

최근 녹색 에너지 기술이 전 산업계에 걸쳐 화두가 되고 있는 가운데, 고에너지 효율 교통수단으로 철도의 가치가 부각되고 있다. 전통적인 기계식에서 전자식으로 발전해 온 열차제어 방식에 무선통신 기술을 도입하여 철도신호 분야에 혁신을 가져옴으로써 열차운행의 안정성이 향상되었고, 더욱 정밀한 열차제어기술로 운행 중 열차 간 간격을 줄이는 것이 가능해짐에 따라 전체 노선의 이용 효율을 높일 수 있게 되었다. 본고에서는 무선통신 기반 열차제어시스템에 대하여 소개하고, 현재 사용중인 무선통신 기반 열차제어시스템의 종류와 표준화 현황에 대해 다룰 것이다. 그리고 철도 운영 현장에서 요구되고 있는 다양한 기능들을 지원하기 위해 고려되고 있는 차세대 열차제어용 무선통신 기술인 LTE-R에 대한 기술동향을 살펴보고자 한다.